Advanced Query Syntax

Windows Desktop Search 2.x is an obsolete technology that was originally available as an add-in for WindowsВ XP and Windows Server 2003. On later releases, use Windows Search instead.

The Advanced Query Syntax (AQS) is used by Microsoft Windows Desktop Search (WDS) to help users and programmers better define and narrow their searches. Using AQS is an easy way to narrow searches and deliver better result sets. Searches can be narrowed by the following parameters:

• File kinds: folders, documents, presentations, pictures and so on.
• File stores: specific databases and locations.
• File properties: size, date, title and so on.
• File contents: keywords like «project deliverables,» «AQS,» «blue suede shoes,» and so on.

Furthermore, search parameters can be combined using search operators. The remainder of this section explains the query syntax, the parameters and operators, and how they can be combined to offer targeted search results. The tables describe the syntax to use with WDS, as well as the properties that can be queried for each file kind displayed in the Windows Desktop Search results window.

Desktop Search Syntax

A search query can include one or more keywords, with Boolean operators and optional criteria. These optional criteria can narrow a search based on the following:

• Scope or data store in which files reside
• Kinds of files
• Managed properties of files

The optional criteria, described in greater detail following, use the following syntax:

Suppose a user wants to search for a document containing the phrase «last quarter,» created by John or Joanne, and that the user saved to the folder mydocuments. The query may look like this:

«last quarter» author:(john OR joanne) foldername:mydocuments

Scope: Locations and Data Stores

Users can limit the scope of their searches to specific folder locations or data stores. For example, if you use several email accounts and you want to limit a query to either Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express, you can use store:outlook or store:oe respectively.

If you have a protocol handler in place to crawl custom stores, like Lotus Notes, you can use the name of the store or protocol handler for the store. For example, if you implemented a protocol handler to include a Lotus Notes data store as «notes,» the query syntax would be store:notes .

Common File Kinds

Users can also limit their searches to specific types of files, called file kinds. The following table lists the file kinds and offers examples of the syntax used to search for these kinds of files.

Boolean Operators

Search keywords and file properties can be combined to broaden or narrow a search with operators. The following table explains common operators used in a search query.

Keyword/Symbol	Examples	Function
NOT	social NOT security	Finds items that contain social, but not security.
social security	Finds items that contain social and security.
OR	social OR security	Finds items that contain social or security.
Quotation marks	«social security»	Finds items that contain the exact phrase social security.
Parentheses	(social security)	Finds items that contain social and security in any order.
>	date:>11/05/04 size:>500	Finds items with a date after 11/05/04. Finds items with a size greater than 500 bytes.
social OR security NOT retirement ). Boolean Properties Some file types let users search for files using Boolean properties, as described in the following table. Property Example Function is:attachment report is:attachment Finds items that have attachments that contain report. Same as isattachment:true . isonline: report isonline:true Finds items that are online and which contain report. isrecurring: report isrecurring:true Finds items that are recurring and which containreport. isflagged: report isflagged:true Finds items that are flagged (Review, Follow up, for example) and which contain report. isdeleted: report isdeleted:true Finds items that are flagged as deleted (Recycle Bin or Deleted Items, for example) and which contain report. iscompleted: report iscompleted:false Finds items that are not flagged as complete and which contain report. hasattachment: report hasattachment:true Finds items containing report and having attachments hasflag: report hasflag:true Finds items containing report and having flags. Dates In addition to searching on specific dates and date ranges using the operators described earlier, AQS allows relative date values (like today , tomorrow , or next week ) and day (like Tuesday or Monday..Wednesday ) and month ( February ) values. Relative to: Syntax Example Result Day date:today date:tomorrow date:yesterday Finds items with today’s date. Finds items with tomorrow’s date. Finds items with yesterday’s date. Week/Month/year date:this week date:last week date:next month date:past month date:coming year Finds items with a date falling within the current week. Finds items with a date falling within the previous week. Finds items with a date falling within the upcoming week. Finds items with a date falling within the previous month. Finds items with a date falling within the upcoming year. Properties by File Kind Users can search on specific properties of different file kinds. Some properties (like file size) are common to all files, while others are limited to a specific kind. Slide count, for example, is specific to presentations. The following tables list these properties by file kind. File Kind: Everything These are properties common to all file kinds. To include all types of files in a query, the syntax is: is a property listed below and is the user-specified search term. Property Use Example Title title, subject or about title:»Quarterly Financial» Status status status:complete Date date date:last week Date modified datemodified or modified modified:last week Importance importance or priority importance:high Size size size:> 50 Deleted deleted or isdeleted isdeleted:true Is attachment isattachment isattachment:true To to or toname to:bob Cc cc or ccname cc:john Company company company:Microsoft Location location location:»Conference Room 102″ Category category category:Business Keywords keywords keywords:»sales projections» Album album album:»Fly by Night» File name filename or file filename:MyResume Genre genre genre:rock Author author or by author:»Stephen King» People people or with with:(sonja or david) Folder folder, under or path folder:downloads File extension ext or fileext ext:.txt Attachment These are properties common to attachments. To limit the search to attachments only, the syntax is: is a property listed below and is the user-specified search term. Property Use Example People people or with people:john or with:john Contacts These are properties common to contacts. To limit the search to contacts only, the syntax is: is a property listed below and is the user-specified search term. Property Use Example Job title jobtitle jobtitle:CFO IM address imaddress imaddress:john_doe@msn.com Assistant’s phone assistantsphone assistantsphone:555-3323 Assistant name assistantname assistantname:Paul Profession profession profession:plumber Nickname nickname nickname:Tex Spouse spouse spouse:Debbie Business city businesscity businesscity:Seattle Business postal code businesspostalcode businesspostalcode:98006 Business home page businesshomepage businesshomepage:www.microsoft.com Callback phone number callbackphonenumber callbackphonenumber:555-555-2121 Car phone carphone carphone:555-555-2121 Children children children:Timmy First name firstname firstname:John Last name lastname lastname:Doe Home fax homefax homefax:555-555-2121 Manager’s name managersname managersname:John Pager pager pager:555-555-2121 Business phone businessphone businessphone:555-555-2121 Home phone homephone homephone:555-555-2121 Mobile phone mobilephone mobilephone:555-555-2121 Office office office:sample Anniversary anniversary anniversary:1/1/06 Birthday birthday birthday:1/1/06 Web page webpage webpage:www.microsoft.com Phone numbers are indexed as entered. For example, if a user did not include a country or area code when entering the phone number, users will not be able to locate a contact if searching with country or area code in the phone number. Communications These are properties common to communications. To limit the search to communications only, the syntax is: is a property listed below and is the user-specified search term. Property Use Example From from or organizer from:john Received received or sent sent:yesterday Subject subject or title subject:»Quarterly Financial» Has attachment hasattachments, hasattachment hasattachment:true Attachments attachments or attachment attachment:presentation.ppt Bcc bcc, bccname or bccaddress bcc:dave Cc address ccaddress or cc ccaddress:john_doe@outlook.com Follow-up flag followupflag followupflag:2 Due date duedate or due due:last week Read read or isread is:read Is completed iscompleted is:completed Incomplete incomplete or isincomplete is:incomplete Has flag hasflag or isflagged has:flag Duration duration duration:> 50 Calendar These are properties common to calendars. To limit the search to calendars only, the syntax is: is a property listed below and is the user-specified search term. Property Use Example Recurring recurring or isrecurring is:recurring Organizer organizer, by or from organizer:debbie Documents These are properties common to documents. To limit the search to documents only, the syntax is: is a property listed below and is the user-specified search term. Property Use Example Comments comments comments:»needs final review» Last saved by lastsavedby lastsavedby:john Document manager documentmanager documentmanager:john Revision number revisionnumber revisionnumber:1.0.3 Document format documentformat documentformat:MIMETYPE Date last printed datelastprinted datelastprinted:last week Presentation These are properties common to presentations. To limit the search to presentations only, the syntax is: is a property listed below and is the user-specified search term. Property Use Example Slide count slidecount slidecount:>20 Music These are properties common to music files. To limit the search to music only, the syntax is: is a property listed below and is the user-specified search term. Property Use Example Bit rate bitrate, rate bitrate:192 Artist artist, by or from artist:John Singer Duration duration duration:3 Album album album:»greatest hits» Genre genre genre:rock Track track track:12 Year year year:> 1980 kind:picture is a property listed below and is the user-specified search term. Property Use Example Camera make cameramake cameramake:sample Camera model cameramodel cameramodel:sample Dimensions dimensions dimensions:8X10 Orientation orientation orientation:landscape Date taken datetaken datetaken:yesterday Width width width:1600 Height height height:1200 Video These are properties common to videos. To limit the search to videos only, the syntax is: is a property listed below and is the user-specified search term. Читайте также:  Expresscard 34 mac os Оцените статью Вам также может понравиться Windows или Linux: Что лучше выбрать? 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